Orrin Hatch: “I am not going to sugarcoat anything with this budget. Instead, I am going to cut right to the chase.”

the Serve America Act of 2009 authored by Senator Orrin Hatch and the late Senator Edward Kennedy.

Those backlogs at the Social Security Administration are unacceptable to many, if not most, of us here in the Senate.

for more than four decades, I have had the distinct privilege of serving in the United States Senate--what some have called the world's greatest deliberative body. Speaking on the Senate floor, debating legislation in committee, corralling…

I want to thank my dear colleague from Iowa. He is one of the greatest Senators I have served with. He is just a wonderful friend and a wonderful Senator. He has worked his tail off the whole time he has been here. I am grateful for his…